VMWare Fusion 8 - Configure Static IP

vmware-static-ip.sh

#!/bin/bash

#
#	Configures a static IP for a VMware Fusion (currently 8.0) virtual machine
#
#	Usage:
#
#	sudo ./vmware-static-ip.sh <path-to-vmwarevm-dir>
#	eg. sudo ./vmware-static-ip.sh "/Volumes/Data/Virtual Machines/plusamp-ubuntu-16.04-amd64-docker.vmwarevm"
#

START_IP=100

VMROOT="$1"
VMX=$(find "$VMROOT" -name "*.vmx")
MAC=$(grep 'ethernet0.address =' "$VMX" | awk '{print $3}' | cut -d\" -f2)

[[ "$MAC" == "" ]] && echo "Could not determine MAC address for VM..." && exit 1

echo "MAC Address: $MAC"

NETWORKING_ROOT="/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion"
NETWORKING_CONF="$NETWORKING_ROOT/networking"

[[ ! -f "$NETWORKING_CONF" ]] && echo "Could not access networking at: $NETWORKING_CONF..." && exit 1

VMNET8_SUBNET=$(grep 'VNET_8_HOSTONLY_SUBNET' "$NETWORKING_CONF" | awk '{print $3}')

echo "vmnet8 Subnet: $VMNET8_SUBNET"

VMNET8_ROOT="$NETWORKING_ROOT/vmnet8"
DHCPD_CONF="$NETWORKING_ROOT/vmnet8/dhcpd.conf"

[[ ! -f "$DHCPD_CONF" ]] && echo "Could not access vmnet8 dhcpd.conf at: $DHCPD_CONF..." && exit 1
grep -q "$MAC" "$DHCPD_CONF" && echo "This MAC address is already present in $DHCPD_CONF..." && exit 1

BASE_IP=$(echo $VMNET8_SUBNET | cut -d. -f1-3)

IP="$BASE_IP.$START_IP"
while grep -q "fixed-address $IP" "$DHCPD_CONF" ; do
  echo "IP Taken: $IP"
  IP="$BASE_IP.$((`echo $IP | cut -d. -f4` + 1))"
done

echo "Using IP: $IP"

CONF=$(cat<<EOS 

## VM Path: $VMROOT
host vm-static-${MAC//:/-} {
	hardware ethernet $MAC;
	fixed-address $IP;
}

EOS)

cat<<EOS
Appending to $DHCPD_CONF:
$CONF
EOS

echo "$CONF" >> "$DHCPD_CONF"

# Restart services... 
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --configure
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --stop
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --start